Taverner & Tudor Music I

The Western Wind

Conductor:

This is the first of two CDs focusing on a mass by John Taverner – in this case his famous Western Wind Mass which unfolds in a series of brilliant variations on a popular folk song of his time. The mass is surrounded by an attractive selection of pieces by other composers from the Tudor period.

1 John Taverner (c. 1490-1545): Kyrie Leroy 6:37
2 John Taverner: Western Wind Mass - Gloria 5:52
3 William Cornysh (?-1523): Woefully arrayed 7:22
4 John Taverner:  Western Wind Mass - Credo 5:48
5 Anonymous (c. 1510): Ah, my dear son 5:43
6 John Taverner: Western Wind Mass - Sanctus 4:18
7 John Taverner: Western Wind Mass - Benedictus 2:27
8 Sheryngham (c. 1500): Ah, gentle Jesu 6:02
9 John Taverner: Western Wind Mass - Agnus Dei 6:44
10 John Browne (fl. c. 1480-1505): Jesu, mercy 9:21
11 Christopher Tye (c. 1505-1573): In pace 5:14